“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.”

“How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?”

“As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.”

“You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.”

“If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.”

“You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get it. Then you'll get it. It's the only way you'll get it.”

“I believe that there will be ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those who do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the system of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I don't think it will be based on the color of the skin...”